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I have thrown a few bullets with my new-and-improved 432-285RF 'Ranch Dog' mold, and got a few keepers. What I haven't got, is any talent at installing gas checks. I tried annealing the checks (350...

I emailed them on Monday and got a reply today:

We are making a third batch of bullet molds. We should be able to begin shipping them next week. We have stopped shipping molds from the second...

Thanx to all for making the calls; my work schedule and time zone don't work very well for that.

I sent my mold out today, again. We'll see what happens in Round 3.

I would propose that we standardize our lexicon, in the interest of clarity.

Ranch Dog TLC432-285 FRM (first wrong mold)
vs
Ranch Dog TLC432-285 SRM (second wrong mold)


:)

SteveB-

Please confirm, these are the '2nd revision' RD bullets, based on the first 'replacement' molds Lee sent out?

I cast up some tonight, using my *new* wrong mold (this would be the 2nd revision). My results matched Ranch Dog's as regards size (wrong meplat, length, diameter). I'm not sure what bullet they...

I would be interesting in knowing the correct email address to contact Pat if that is something you feel comfortable sharing.

And I have spent enough on shipping the wrong mold.

Lee Precision has my address, and given that they have been referred to this thread, they know how to contact me if they lost my address.
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I got mine back today; they are certainly prompt.

Mine went out in the mail today, unusued.

Is there any reason for me to even unwrap mine, or can I assume it is identical to all the rest? If it is undersized, I'll just send it back to Lee.

Don't forget to assign a good TLA (three letter acronym) to the project. And make sure you use some scarce and unusual ingredients like 'spider snot' to make it mysterious, and tie it to an...

There are LOTS of recipe's for making traditional lubes, I imagine mainly for cost or performance reasons. Is the Lee Liquid Alox such a good and cost-effective product that no one has experimented...

That's good news. I cast up lots of those and was thinking about buying a jug of WC820 for some cheap shooting. I wasn't sure the Lee 200 would create enough pressure to burn the 820 well.


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So, what's the loading density like? Is the powder pretty comparable to HS-7 or only in speed? I understand 820 is like AA9, and AA9 normally requires pretty high pressures for accuracy. Does the...

The local tire chain, Les Schwab, sells a small bucket (about a cubit foot) for $13, just raised from $10. It's just a regular inventory item in the cash register for them.

Interesting. I find that in the grocery store here I can find 1# boxes of 100% parafin such as Canning Wax . It's about the biggest expense in my lube at $3-4 per pound A pound does come nicely...

Yes, what I have is only in the general arena. I don't have any accurate tools for measuring these things by weight, so I got the waxes as close as I could with a balance (parafin was in quarter...

My final recipe for SAECO Green

1/4# Parafin canning wax
1/4# beeswax
1/2 cup STP Oil Treatment
2 crayons

Makes about 4 big sticks that don't need heat in a lubrisizer. I can't claim it...

I am using DC Lee molds in .44 and .38, and casting plain base SWC's and RN from straight wheelweights with a bottom pour Lee pot.

When I water quench, my bullets are a lot more uniform, but are...

For those who are interested in oil, the most complete discussions I have found are at:

Bob Is The Oil Guy

LOTS of good info there.